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    The Guardian

    Mar 27, 2020 2 minutes
    By Robyn Hughes

    STEP ONE

    My aim was to create a hot, dusty sunset in Africa – based on a single photograph of an elephant from Dubbo zoo. Her flared ears and prominent right forefoot inspired the idea of a matriach protecting her family from strangers in her homeland.

    The paper was clipped to a piece of MDF

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